chamber
a room, usually private, in a house or apartment, especially a bedroom: She retired to her chamber.
a room in a palace or official residence.
the meeting hall of a legislative or other assembly.
chambers, Law.
a place where a judge hears matters not requiring action in open court.
the private office of a judge.
(in England) the quarters or rooms that lawyers use to consult with their clients, especially in the Inns of Court.
a legislative, judicial, or other like body: the upper or the lower chamber of a legislature.
an organization of individuals or companies for a specified purpose.
the place where the moneys due a government are received and kept; a treasury or chamberlain's office.
(in early New England) any bedroom above the ground floor, generally named for the ground-floor room beneath it.
a compartment or enclosed space; cavity: a chamber of the heart.
(in a canal or the like) the space between any two gates of a lock.
a receptacle for one or more cartridges in a firearm, or for a shell in a gun or other cannon.
(in a gun) the part of the barrel that receives the charge.
of, relating to, or performing chamber music: chamber players.
to put or enclose in, or as in, a chamber.
to provide with a chamber.
Origin of chamber
1Other words from chamber
- un·der·cham·ber, noun
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How to use chamber in a sentence
This is the Mexico that the U.S. chamber of Commerce, and most major U.S. corporations, are eager to call amigo.
Why Mexicans Are Enraged by Obama’s Big Tuesday Meeting | Ruben Navarrette Jr. | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAs one walks from chamber to chamber, a number of things become abundantly clear.
Get a thrill, get off a lucky shot, take home a trophy, put it up in a secret chamber of our heart.
He thus appointed Strauss to the post of president of the Reich chamber of Music in 1933.
Top Nazis And Their Complicated Relationship With Artists | William O’Connor | November 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen she went into a secret chamber where no one was allowed to enter.
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In passing to her own chamber she met the Emperor, and, in the agitation of her maternal fears, told him all that had passed.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThe Princess was pale and thin; and, though dressed superbly, seemed fitter for her chamber.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterBy the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council chamber.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellWhy, he ordered his chamber-maid to bring him some soap and warm water, that he might wash the sour krout off his hands.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousIt was still in the verge of possibility that his son might seek his father in that dismal chamber.
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British Dictionary definitions for chamber
/ (ˈtʃeɪmbə) /
a meeting hall, esp one used for a legislative or judicial assembly
a reception room or audience room in an official residence, palace, etc
archaic, or poetic a room in a private house, esp a bedroom
a legislative, deliberative, judicial, or administrative assembly
any of the houses of a legislature
an enclosed space; compartment; cavity: the smallest chamber in the caves
the space between two gates of the locks of a canal, dry dock, etc
an enclosure for a cartridge in the cylinder of a revolver or for a shell in the breech of a cannon
obsolete a place where the money of a government, corporation, etc, was stored; treasury
short for chamber pot
NZ the freezing room in an abattoir
(modifier) of, relating to, or suitable for chamber music: a chamber concert
(tr) to put in or provide with a chamber
Origin of chamber
1- See also chambers
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